Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-24
TN GENERAL.

~ che fall Of an elevator In North q
Go 4 shop al New Haven, on Saturday
two men were injured, one dangerously
Half the business portion Of Blackyiile,
South Carolina was burned yes.s
week. The loss IL estimated AZ ne"i''
800, 900.
Tha powder factory Of +. O. Anthony
nsar Neoaunee, Wis, blew up Monday
killing L. H. Stanley and his son ALBERT
aged 10 years.
A boiler In the saw.mill Of Joseph
Ramer. near Altoona, burst Thursday'
wrecklna the mill and dangerously in)ur'
ing its proprietor
General John Robertson died In Detroit
ON Saturday night, Of the age OF 20; ne
had been Hdlu.ant- General OF Michigan
for over 40 years.
The British steamer Hartville, from NOT
folk, Va, for Liverpool, put IN at haiiIan
on Saturday, having been damaged ny
collision with an iceberg.
william Paxton, veteran Of the MeAi-
can war, despairing OF receiving penn
sion, hanged himself in Lancaster county,
South Carolina, yesterday week.
A tornado swept through Tampa, Fla,
Thursday night, demolishing several
houses. Two children were killed and
several persons we're injured, one fatally
By an explosion of gas in the Oonyng-
ham mine. at Wilkesbarre, Thursday four
men were burned, two Of them-William
Bloom and Stephen Snyder--it is feared
fatally.
Jeneya stoner, aged II years, COM
mitted suicide with rat poison In lancas-
ter, Pa, Wednesday night week, because
her mother would mot allow her to go out
at night.
There was a slight fire in the ST.
Nicholas Hotel, at Decatur, ILL.,, early
Sunday morning, which caused a great
panic among the guests. No person was
injured.
The Warsaw aalt-works, at Warsaw, N.
Y, were burned last night. The IRE was
started by the explosion Of a lamp in an
elevator. The loss ia estimated at about
$4,000.
The court Of pardons at Trenton, N j.,
/ Tuesday committed the sentence OF JAM.
/ tor Titus, who was to have been hanged
for the murder Of Tillie Smith, to i'm
prisonment for life.
The state department has received q
copy Of the will Of the late Jose Seyilla
of Lima, Peru, which leaves $500, OOO fol-
the establishment in New York Of q home
for the education of poor girls.
| Clinedist & Bodwell, carriage manufac-
turers Of Staunton, Va, are reported e
have absconded, leaving between $25, OOt
and $4,000 Of debts, q large part Of
which Is represented by forged notes.
Two slight earthquakes were felt a
Charleston and Summerheld, in Soutl
Carolina, at 9 O'Clock Thursday morning
The tremor was sharper .aSummerhel'
than in Charleston, but no dmage wa
done.
Benjamin Wzehgraw, aged "a years
was shot and fatally wounded on o whar
at Baltimore yesterday week by Thoma
MoGinnis, who plAyfully pointed sup
posed empty gun at him and pulled tn
trigger.
An lS.year-old daughter of Floyd Wa
ton was shot and dangerously Wounds
at Charlottesville, Va, Monday, by
young man PANIED Patterson, who wa
handling pistol which he thought wa
unloaded.
An explosion of gas in the Standard Coz
mines, at Mount Pleasant, Pa, on Satui
day, blew the covering off the mouth G
the old shaft and dangerously il nc
, fatally injured two men named McMRstel
and MoGlone.
Henry L. Adams, bookkeeper in th
Ebeain1 Star Office at Washington disaI
peared Tuesday week. His accounts Al
correct, and foul play is feared. He wa
about 40 years of age, and left famil
Of seven children.
By the capsizing Of boat OF the Unite
States training ship Saratoga, at Trinidad
on the Gath ult., Albert Taylor Govt,
: paymaster's clerk j. Oates, apothecary
II. H. Hesse, armorer, and William Fostei
: coxswain, were drowned.
Mr.. Robert Garrett of Baltimore, VIII
5 has been visiting DR.. and Mrs. McCost
. has given $4,000 toward the new Oh
: museum at Princeton College, in additio
to the 81 1000 contributed not long ago b
Trustee Harrison Garrett.
y An explosion In the works OF the Unit
J. Oil Company, al baltimore, on saturd,
/ resulted in the killing of Jacob Hoffma
;, Edward Rollison was fatally injured al
= Peter Oonners and Christopher Kur
Il were dangerously injured.
II Walter E. Lawton, dealer in phosphate
: and director Of the Delta Azotin Coz
= pany, disappeared from New York Tue
y day afternoon week. Il Is said that befo
going he collected large sums of none
and his liabilities are estimated at near
y 81, 900 900.
g It is expected that another call for I
p millions Of three per cents will be ma
. in few days to mature on May LIST. T
g amount Of these bonds now subject
P call Ia 500, 1883, $50. It is believed I
y entire three per cent loan will be ext
= guished by June S0th next.
1t ia reported from Ozark, Kansas, Il
= Judge Hale Of the Christian county cou
I has received written request which
= almost peremptory demand, signed
: numerous prominent citizens, to resil
, as be Is accused of being member of [
i Bald Knobbers, and Of having Indie
!, others to join the organization.
y Christian Az Of the firm of Gail &
}. tobacco manufacturers Of Baltimore, di
d Sunday, aged GA years. he was be
d in Prussia, but came TO this country
IS 1851, and engaged with the firm in viii
/. he afterwards became partner. He "
Is member or contributor to nearly all |
benevolent organizations In Baltimore
ID The Coke Syndicate and the Coke p
l. ducers' Association met Tuesday
ct Pittsburg, and agreed TO continue |
pool for three years. Heretofore il
Is only been for one year. The three in,
of pendent producers, who control tn
N thousand ovens, are said to be in harmo
g. with the agreement.
L. The Chattanooga Land, Coal, Iron q
+ Railway Company was organized Tu
= day OF Chattanooga. II has purchal
VI 900 acres Of land In and around Il
city, and will build q railroad, erect bl
.. furnaces and coke ovens, open mines, 0
~ make other improvements, which '
4. cost about 81 500, 900.
o A telegram from Washington SAYS i
"a number Of suspicious looking msn HI
OO lately been making frequent visits TO
al money vaults of the treasury during
~ hours allowed for publc inspection. i,
l6 OF them as called yesterday week W
notified that they must not come again, 4
"A. officers In charge of the vaults have b.
n. instructed TO keep sharp lookout
no visitors in the future.
on In April, 1886, DIR. Marc Bond beca
I'D the husband OF Miss Jennie Hill,
ey Aurora, Indiana. He has now brou
IT. suit to Set aside the marriage ceremt
lot on the ground Of duress. He alleges /
of Miss Hill accused him of betrayal,
re- that her father demanded that he sho
on marry her or take the consequen,
H. which meant death. He chose maria
OBJ but never lived with his wife.
Pas The Governor OF Missouri on Satur
on signed bill repeating the state oleon
W. garine law, which provided that any
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